LIMITED TIME MODE: TEAM RUMBLE

Summary
Two large teams fight for the Victory Royale in an action-packed mode where the first team to get 100 eliminations wins!

Mode Details

• Two teams of 20 players.
• Players will respawn after 5 seconds when eliminated, keeping their inventory.
• Eliminated players spawn a random type of ammo upon elimination, as well as a random stack of either 120 Wood, 90 Stone, or 60 Metal materials.
• Only Uncommon weapons (or better) are available.
• The first team to 100 eliminations wins.

WEAPONS + ITEMS

• New Epic and Legendary Pump Shotgun
  • 105 / 110 maximum damage
  • Available from floor loot, chests, Supply Drops, and Vending Machines.
• Shotguns will now always apply at least 3 pellets worth of damage if only 1-2 pellets hit the target.
  • NOTE: Bonus pellets can never be critical hits.
• Pump Shotgun maximum damage and fall-off changes.
  • Pump Shotgun maximum damage increased from 80 / 85  to 95 / 100
    • Pump shotguns will do higher damage in shorter range buckets but damage falls off quicker. This means you’ll do more damage to closer targets but less damage to farther targets.
• Added Stink Bombs to Supply Drops
• Removed Double Barrel Shotguns from floor loot
• Mounted Turret
  • Adjusted Mounted Turret collision to make it easier to land shots against anyone occupying it.
  • Removed the ability to repair the Mounted Turret
  • Fixed players being able to clip into turret barrels and get stuck.
  • Supply drops will automatically open if landing on a Mounted Turret
  • Drop rate reduced from 1.719% to 0.915%

Bug Fixes

• The Mounted Turret can no longer fire through its own floor.
• Fixed an issue with players not having an audio cue while gliding after respawning.
• Fixed an issue with Chiller effects not applying properly to players’ feet.

GAMEPLAY

• Reduced the in-air speed when using the Glider Redeploy feature in supported game modes.
• Added functionality that allows the placement of map markers in the world without needing to go into the fullscreen map.
  • You’ll be able to look at a position in the world and use the “Place Marker” keybind to place a map marker. This command will only be available by default while in Combat Mode.
  • This command is defaulted to Left on the D-pad for controllers and the Middle Mouse button for PC and Mac.
  • For Mobile players, this command will be bound to an optional button in the HUD Layout Tool.
• Added the ability to pick up and throw back Dynamite with a lit fuse.
  • To throw the Dynamite with a lit fuse, get near it and use the interact key.

Bug Fixes

• Increased the Dynamite explosion height against players from 192 units to 300 units.
  • This was done to prevent players from being able to jump over the explosion area on flat ground without taking damage.

EVENTS

• New Tournament: Alchemist Pop-Up Cup
  • Pop-Up Cups are tournaments testing temporary, Limited Time Modes. Alchemist will continue our testing of several gameplay adjustments and may differ day to day.
  • Initial Mode Settings:
    • A material cap of 500 Wood, 500 Stone, 500 Metal
    • Harvesting Rate Increased by 40%
    • +50 Health on Eliminations
    • Storm Surge
      • If a certain amount of players are remaining by the time the Storm finishes closing, a Storm Surge will activate. This periodically deals damage to players who have the least amount of damage dealt during the match.
        • Circle 1: 60 Players Remaining
        • Circle 2: 44 Players Remaining
        • Circle 3: 30 Players Remaining
        • Circle 4: 20 Players Remaining
        • Circle 5: 16 Players Remaining
        • Circle 6: 14 Players Remaining
        • Circle 7: 12 Players Remaining
        • Circle 8: 6 Players Remaining
        • Circle 9: 2 Players Remaining
        • Your highest score or pin during any event session will now be displayed on the tournament poster in the Events tab.
        • Pins will now reflect tournament colors on the Event Details screen.

Bug Fixes

• Fixed an issue where players would receive points during warmup island which would be later removed.

PERFORMANCE

• Improvements to level streaming performance on Xbox One and Switch (improving building load times during skydiving)

AUDIO

• Player in-air falling audio cue volume has been increased.
• The Mounted Turret overheat audio loop volume has been reduced.

Bug Fixes

• Fixed an issue where the Glider in-air audio cue wouldn’t play for players who glide in after respawning.

SOCIAL

Bug Fixes

• Fixed a crash on Nintendo Switch that occasionally occurred when logging in for the first time.

ART + ANIMATION

Bug Fixes

• Fixed an issue where player nameplates disappear after scrubbing a replay.

MOBILE

• Map Marker button added to the HUD Layout Tool

MISSIONS + SYSTEMS

• Canny Valley Act 2!
  • New quests, new Ghost Town sub-biome, new story characters!
    • 21 new quests and a new landmark mission tell the exciting new chapter of Canny Valley story
    • Ghost Town sub biome – visit old Wild West towns now turned ghost towns, converted to amusement parks or movie sets. See great canyons, old forts, R&R spas and much more!
    • Meet new story characters like the Global Storming Denier, Dr. Vinderman’s assistant Desiree or Carlos, the Steel Wool bass guitarist
  • Experience the high-stakes story of fighting the Storm, reuniting Steel Wool and delving into Ray’s past!
• Balance changes to mission and mission alert rewards:
  • Tweaked the overall chance of Schematic/Survivor/Hero XP vs Crafting Ingredients vs Evolution Materials vs Perk Materials appearing as a mission reward, to better match what players need at different points in the progression.
  • Significantly reduced the chance for Crafting Materials to appear as a mission reward, especially at higher difficulties.
  • Made Epic and Legendary Perk-UP much more likely to appear at the top end of Twine Peaks by removing the chance of Uncommon and Rare Perk-UP.

Bug Fixes

• Removed elemental modifiers from Mega Alert Missions near the beginning of Plankerton, as elemental enemies do not appear at those difficulty levels.

UI

Bug Fixes

• Fixed issue where Lars might not appear in the Research Lab.
• Adjusted the proportions of portraits in-game for consistency.
• Fixed an issue where the player Account Level could incorrectly display as 0 in-zone.
• Fixed an issue where selecting Sort with a controller in the Defender menu would choose a Defender instead of Sorting the list.
• Fixed an issue where no gamepad icons appeared on the Upgrade preview arrows in the Upgrades screen.
• Fixed an issue which resulted in controller input losing proper focus when using More Options on the Manage Schematics page.
• Fixed weapon positions on the schematic board in the Armory.

HEROES

• Added Legendary Constructor – Airheart
  • An Energetic tinkerer who fills the heart of the Storm with lead!
  • New Ability: R.O.S.I.E.
    • Deploy the Rotating Omni-directional Sentry Integrated Exoskeleton on a friendly floor-piece!
      • Once deployed, all allies can enter and fire R.O.S.I.E.
      • There’s no time limit to how long R.O.S.I.E. can be fired as long as she still has ammo!
      • Once out of ammo, or if the floor it is attached to is destroyed, R.O.S.I.E. goes on cooldown.
      • Available in the Event Store on November 28 at 7 PM Eastern Time until the release of v7.00.
  • New Perks:
    • Campaign of the R.O.S.I.E. – Increases the damage that R.O.S.I.E. deals by 24%.
    • War of the R.O.S.I.E. – Increases the damage that R.O.S.I.E. deals by an extra 13%. Additionally, converts the damage type of R.O.S.I.E. to Energy.
• Added Legendary Soldier – Steel Wool Carlos
  • Legendary Variant of Shock Trooper
  • Added to the Act 2 Canny Valley questline.

WEAPONS + ITEMS

• Six Feet Under shovel added to the Weekly Store.
  • A creepy round-point shovel that looks like it has been used to dig up terrible secrets. The shovel handles like a lighter Sledgehammer, with better damage and less impact.
  • Up and Over: A two-strike heavy attack that deals significant damage and knockback.
  • Available Wednesday, November 28 at 7 PM EST until Wednesday, December 5 at 7 PM EST.